Cheney Fatigue Settles Over Some in GOP

[rodeodance]

Source: ap



Cheney Fatigue Settles Over Some in GOP

By TOM RAUM
The Associated Press
Sunday, July 8, 2007; 3:10 AM

WASHINGTON -- Dick Cheney, who thrives on secrecy while pulling the levers of power, is getting caught in the glare of an unwelcome spotlight. Once viewed as a sage and mentor to President Bush, Cheney has approval ratings now that are as low as _ or lower _ than the president's. Recent national polls have put them both in the high 20s.

Bush's decision to spare former Cheney aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from a 2 1/2-year prison sentence has focused new attention on the vice president and his possible role in the commutation.


Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the National Association of Manufacturers breakfast in Washington in this, Feb. 14, 2007, file photo. Cheney, who thrives on secrecy while pulling the levers of power, is getting caught in the glare of an unwelcome spotlight. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)



Cheney's relentless advocacy of the Iraq war, his push to expand presidential authority and his hard-line rhetoric toward North Korea and Iran are raising concerns even among former loyalists now worried about the GOP's chances in 2008.

It seems Cheney fatigue is settling in some Republican circles.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/08/AR2007070800134.html?tid=informbox

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i am way past 'fatique'

[Faygo Kid]

1. "Cheney's waning influence" - bull. Another "placed" article to lull us.

When we wake up one morning soon and find that we have attacked Iran, please remember this and other articles - notably in the Washington Post - about poor little Dick Cheney's waning influence. What, Judith Miller has clones writing out there, and one is named Tom Raum? What a load.

[Robbien]

2. Fatigue, ha!

Normal media bushspeak.

Fatigue describes what I feel about cheney as much as abuse describes torture.

[nichomachus]

3. Is Cheney Fatigue fatal?

We can only hope so. Republicans who supports Bush and Cheney are traitors.